The contribution of wildfire to PM2.5 trends in the USA

M Burke, ML Childs, B de la Cuesta, M Qiu, J Li… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Steady improvements in ambient air quality in the USA over the past several decades, in
part a result of public policy,, have led to public health benefits,,–. However, recent trends in …

[HTML][HTML] Fire suppression makes wildfires more severe and accentuates impacts of climate change and fuel accumulation

MR Kreider, PE Higuera, SA Parks, WL Rice… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Fire suppression is the primary management response to wildfires in many areas globally.
By removing less-extreme wildfires, this approach ensures that remaining wildfires burn …

Performance of fire danger indices and their utility in predicting future wildfire danger over the conterminous United States

G Yu, Y Feng, J Wang, DB Wright - Earth's Future, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting current and future wildfire frequency and size is central to wildfire control and
management. Multiple fire danger indices (FDIs) that incorporate weather and fuel …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term exposure to wildfire smoke PM2. 5 and mortality in the contiguous United States

Y Ma, E Zang, Y Liu, J Wei, Y Lu, HM Krumholz… - medRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite the growing evidence on the health effects of short-term exposure to wildfire smoke
fine particles (PM 2.5), the impacts of long-term wildfire smoke PM 2.5 exposure remain …

A spatially explicit model of tree leaf litter accumulation in fire maintained longleaf pine forests of the southeastern US

N Sánchez-López, AT Hudak, L Boschetti, CA Silva… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The continuity and depth of litter fuelbeds are major drivers of fire spread and fuel
consumption. However, no established approach is available for the spatially explicit …

Long-term exposure to wildland fire smoke PM2.5 and mortality in the contiguous United States

Y Ma, E Zang, Y Liu, J Wei, Y Lu, HM Krumholz… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Despite the substantial evidence on the health effects of short-term exposure to ambient fine
particles (PM2. 5), including increasing studies focusing on those from wildland fire smoke …

Fire return intervals explain different vegetation cover responses to wildfire restoration in two Sierra Nevada basins

OV Crompton, GFS Boisrame, E Rakhmatulina… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
A simple dynamical model was used to explore the forest cover dynamics for two basins in
the Sierra Nevada of California, Illilouette Creek Basin (ICB) in Yosemite National Park and …

[HTML][HTML] Fire regime attributes shape pre-fire vegetation characteristics controlling extreme fire behavior under different bioregions in Spain

D Beltrán-Marcos, S Suárez-Seoane… - Fire Ecology, 2024 - Springer
Background Designing effective land management actions addressed to increase
ecosystem resilience requires us to understand how shifting fire regimes are shaping …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping south Florida daily fire risk for decision support using fuel type, water levels, and burn history

K Jones, J Vukomanovic - Fire, 2023 - mdpi.com
Mapping fire risk in South Florida depends on spatially varying water levels, fuel
characteristics, and topography. When surface water levels recede below the lowest …

Reconstructing wildfire regime during the warm Paleocene-Eocene climate using molecular biomarkers from the Chuckanut Formation in northwest Washington, USA

AE Thompson - 2023 - cedar.wwu.edu
Wildfires are expected to increase in frequency and severity as climate changes in the
Pacific Northwest of North America. To better understand the effect of warming climate on …